Measurement of corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF), CRF-binding protein (CRF-BP), and CRF/CRF-BP complex in humeri plasma by two-site enzyme-linked immunoabsorbant assay

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2579-2586

  Behan, Dominic P ^a   Khongsaly, On ^a   Liu, Xin Jun ^a   Ling, Nick ^a   Goland, Robin ^c   Nasman, Birgitta ^b   Olsson, Tommy ^b   De Souza, Errol B ^a  

^a NEUROCRINE BIOSCIENCES INC   (United States)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LIGAND BINDING; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR OCCUPANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BINDING SITES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN BINDING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0029941921     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.7.2579     Document Type: Article

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